Longitudinal examination of obesity and cognitive function: results from the Baltimore longitudinal study of aging.

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Published in Neuroepidemiology on March 18, 2010

Authors

John Gunstad1, April Lhotsky, Carrington Rice Wendell, Luigi Ferrucci, Alan B Zonderman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio 44242, USA. jgunstad@kent.edu

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